FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will make three massive modifications to his aspect when it faces Getafe … [+] away in La Liga on Saturday.
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FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will make two massive modifications to his aspect when it faces Getafe away in La Liga on Saturday.
The German imposed a number of midweek, because the Catalans adopted on from smashing Actual Madrid 5-2 within the Spanish Tremendous Cup remaining in Jeddah to internet the identical quantity of objectives previous Actual Betis and advance to the Copa del Rey quarterfinals.
Reminded at his prematch press convention that placing the ball in onion bag in El Coliseum is usually an arduous process, Flick answered that, “What we all know from the previous is that it is exhausting to attain there. We have talked about this matter and hopefully our plan will work.”
Barca beat Getafe by a slim margin of 1-0 final trip in Montjuic, and Flick revealed {that a} lack of objectives and rhythm towards Jose Bordalas’ robust outfit has already been mentioned.
“That is what we stated in the course of the crew assembly. The necessary factor is to play the best way we would like,” Flick said.
The ex-Bayern boss was tight-lipped on whether or not there shall be rotations, answering: “For us, the subsequent sport is all the time a very powerful. I do know there are extra video games forward of us, however we all the time say that we concentrate on the subsequent video games.”
Even so, he will definitely make modifications with Alejandro Balde first taking his place again from Gerard Martin at left again.
As Wojciech Szczesny continues to be suspended, Inaki Pena continues in aim after returning to the fold for the talked about 5-1 victory over Actual Betis.
The remainder of the protection can also be as earlier than, with brace scorer Jules Kounde the best again whereas Ronald Araujo and Pau Cubarsi kind a central partnership.
In midfield, Marc Casado groups up with Pedri as soon as extra in a double pivot, on the expense of Frenkie de Jong – who Flick praised for his exhibiting towards the Andalusians.
Dani Olmo will get minimize as effectively, as Gavi is the CAM flanked by wingers Raphinha and a Lamine Yamal many are calling the most effective on the earth, with a beforehand rested Robert Lewandowski the central quantity 9.
FC Barcelona First XI Vs. Getafe:Pena; Balde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Kounde; Pedri, Casado; Raphinha, Gavi, Lamine; Lewandowski
Raymond Chun to change into Group President and CEO on February 1, 2025
Board adopts new time period limits; 5 administrators to retire at 2025 Annual Assembly of Shareholders
4 new administrators to face for election at 2025 Annual Assembly of Shareholders
New chairs appointed for 4 of 5 Board committees
TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2025 /CNW/ – TD Financial institution Group (“TD” or the “Financial institution”) (TSX: TD) (NYSE: TD) immediately made the next bulletins.
CEO Transition
Raymond Chun, at the moment Chief Working Officer, will likely be appointed Group President and Chief Government Officer (CEO) on February 1, 2025, accelerating the beforehand introduced transition date of April 10, 2025.
Upon Mr. Chun’s appointment, Bharat Masrani will retire as Group President and CEO and from the Board of Administrators (the “Board”). Mr. Masrani will stay obtainable to the Financial institution in an advisory capability till July 31, 2025; throughout the transition, he’ll present continuity on the Financial institution’s vital Anti-Cash Laundering (AML) remediation effort.
“Ray has moved rapidly and decisively to launch a overview of our technique, operations, and investments, and has engaged with prospects, purchasers and colleagues throughout the Financial institution. We’re excited to have Ray take the helm and lead TD into the longer term,” stated Alan MacGibbon, Chair of the Board, TD Financial institution Group. “I wish to as soon as once more prolong the Board’s due to Bharat for his nearly 4 a long time of service to the Financial institution and for his many contributions to TD’s success. We want him the perfect in his upcoming retirement.”
Board Renewal
The Board has additionally permitted amendments to its Company Governance Pointers to cut back the discretionary director time period extension from 5 years to 2 years after an preliminary 10-year time period. Consistent with this new coverage, Amy Brinkley, Colleen Goggins and Karen Maidment will retire from the Board on the 2025 Annual Assembly of Shareholders scheduled for April 10, 2025. Claude Mongeau and Brian Ferguson have elected to not search an extension below the brand new coverage and also will retire on the shareholders’ assembly. Apart from Mr. MacGibbon, the remaining incumbent administrators have joined the Board since 2020.
Mr. MacGibbon has knowledgeable the Board that he’ll step down as Chair and retire as a director by December 31, 2025. The Company Governance Committee has initiated a Chair succession course of. Till a brand new Chair is chosen, Mr. MacGibbon will present continuity as he guides the Board’s renewal and helps a profitable CEO transition.
4 new, extremely certified leaders with expertise in world banking, governance, threat administration, and regulatory compliance will stand for election on the Financial institution’s upcoming 2025 Annual Assembly of Shareholders:
Elio Luongo served as Chief Government Officer of KPMG Canada, and was a member of the KPMG Worldwide Board. He has suggested a few of Canada’s largest corporations and boards, and brings a deep understanding of worldwide markets, geopolitical threat and sophisticated regulatory environments to the Board.
Nathalie Palladitcheff served as Chief Government Officer of Ivanhoé Cambridge, the actual property portfolio of CDPQ, a worldwide funding group with roughly $452 billion in belongings below administration, and was a member of the CDPQ govt and funding committees. She brings world funding, sustainability and administration experience to the Board.
Frank Pearn served as World Chief Compliance Officer and Firmwide Operational Danger Government for JP Morgan Chase and Co. He brings world expertise in banking, compliance, conduct and operational threat administration, together with AML, expertise and cybersecurity dangers, and market conduct applications to the Board.
Paul C. Wirth served as Deputy Chief Monetary Officer and World Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Morgan Stanley. He brings greater than 4 a long time of monetary and world banking expertise, together with as Nationwide Managing Accomplice – Banking and Finance Apply for Deloitte & Touche LLP within the U.S., to the Board.
“We’re happy to have attracted extremely skilled leaders with world perspective and various expertise to the Board,” stated Mr. MacGibbon. “I wish to thank all retiring administrators for his or her years of service to the Financial institution and for his or her super efforts to information TD via a difficult interval.”
Following the election of the Financial institution’s director nominees on the 2025 Annual Assembly of Shareholders, Board Committees will likely be reconstituted, and new Committee Chairs appointed.
Cherie Brant, director since 2021, will likely be appointed Chair of the Company Governance Committee.
John MacIntyre, director since 2023, will likely be appointed Chair of the Human Assets Committee.
Keith Martell, director since 2023, will likely be appointed Chair of the Danger Committee.
Jane Rowe, director since 2020, will likely be appointed Chair of the newly constituted Remediation Committee.
Nancy Tower, director since 2022, will proceed to function chair of the Audit Committee, having been appointed in 2023.
Government Accountability and Compensation
TD has adjusted govt compensation to mirror the seriousness of the U.S. AML failures, the related prices to the Financial institution, and the restrictions imposed on the U.S. retail enterprise. Forty-one executives, together with many who’re now not with the Financial institution, acquired reductions to their variable compensation, totaling $30 million, together with these with management accountability for entrance line operations, management features, and inside audit.
Whereas progress was made on quite a lot of strategic initiatives and goals in 2024, the AML matter had a big affect on the Financial institution. Mr. Masrani, as CEO throughout the related interval, acquired no money incentive award or fairness compensation for 2024. This resulted in Mr. Masrani’s 2024 whole direct compensation being lowered by 89%, from $13,271,000 in 2023 to $1,500,000 in 2024. That is along with the $1,000,000 discount made in 2023.
As well as, in gentle of the AML matter and Financial institution’s general monetary efficiency, variable compensation for 2024 was lowered by no less than 25% from goal for all different members of the Senior Government Crew.
Additional particulars of those changes and 2024 compensation for all named govt officers will likely be outlined within the Financial institution’s Administration Proxy Round for the upcoming 2025 Annual Assembly of Shareholders, anticipated to be made obtainable on or round March 4, 2025.
About TD Financial institution Group
The Toronto-Dominion Financial institution and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as TD Financial institution Group (“TD” or the “Financial institution”). TD is the sixth largest financial institution in North America by belongings and serves over 27.9 million prospects in 4 key companies working in quite a lot of areas in monetary centres across the globe: Canadian Private and Industrial Banking, together with TD Canada Belief and TD Auto Finance Canada; U.S. Retail, together with TD Financial institution, America’s Most Handy Financial institution®, TD Auto Finance U.S., TD Wealth (U.S.), and an funding in The Charles Schwab Company; Wealth Administration and Insurance coverage, together with TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct Investing, and TD Insurance coverage; and Wholesale Banking, together with TD Securities and TD Cowen. TD additionally ranks among the many world’s main on-line monetary companies corporations, with greater than 17 million energetic on-line and cell prospects. TD had $2.06 trillion in belongings on October 31, 2024. The Toronto-Dominion Financial institution trades below the image “TD” on the Toronto and New York Inventory Exchanges.
Warning Concerning Ahead-Wanting Info
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Danger components that might trigger, individually or within the mixture, such variations embrace: strategic, credit score, market (together with fairness, commodity, international alternate, rate of interest, and credit score spreads), operational (together with expertise, cyber safety, course of, techniques, information, third-party, fraud, infrastructure, insider and conduct), mannequin, insurance coverage, liquidity, capital adequacy, authorized and regulatory compliance (together with monetary crime), reputational, environmental and social, and different dangers. Examples of such threat components embrace normal enterprise and financial circumstances within the areas during which the Financial institution operates (together with the financial, monetary, and different impacts of pandemics); geopolitical threat; inflation, rates of interest and recession uncertainty; regulatory oversight and compliance threat; dangers related to the Financial institution’s capability to fulfill the phrases of the worldwide decision of the civil and legal investigations into the Financial institution’s U.S. BSA/AML program; the affect of the worldwide decision of the civil and legal investigations into the Financial institution’s U.S. BSA/AML program on the Financial institution’s companies, operations, monetary situation, and fame; the power of the Financial institution to execute on long-term methods, shorter-term key strategic priorities, together with the profitable completion of acquisitions and inclinations and integration of acquisitions, the power of the Financial institution to realize its monetary or strategic goals with respect to its investments, enterprise retention plans, and different strategic plans; the danger of huge declines within the worth of Financial institution’s Schwab fairness funding and corresponding affect on TD’s market worth; expertise and cyber safety threat (together with cyber-attacks, information safety breaches or expertise failures) on the Financial institution’s applied sciences, techniques and networks, these of the Financial institution’s prospects (together with their very own gadgets), and third events offering companies to the Financial institution; information threat; mannequin threat; fraud exercise; insider threat; conduct threat; the failure of third events to adjust to their obligations to the Financial institution or its associates, together with regarding the care and management of knowledge, and different dangers arising from the Financial institution’s use of third-parties; the affect of recent and modifications to, or software of, present legal guidelines, guidelines and rules, together with with out limitation shopper safety legal guidelines and rules, tax legal guidelines, capital tips and liquidity regulatory steerage; elevated competitors from incumbents and new entrants (together with Fintechs and massive expertise opponents); shifts in shopper attitudes and disruptive expertise; environmental and social threat (together with climate-related threat); publicity associated to litigation and regulatory issues; capability of the Financial institution to draw, develop, and retain key expertise; modifications in international alternate charges, rates of interest, credit score spreads and fairness costs; downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of scores assigned by any score company, the worth and market value of the Financial institution’s widespread shares and different securities could also be impacted by market circumstances and different components; the interconnectivity of Monetary Establishments together with current and potential worldwide debt crises; elevated funding prices and market volatility attributable to market illiquidity and competitors for funding; vital accounting estimates and modifications to accounting requirements, insurance policies, and strategies utilized by the Financial institution; and the incidence of pure and unnatural catastrophic occasions and claims ensuing from such occasions.
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Arsenal slipped up within the Premier League title race on Saturday, squandering a two-goal lead to attract with Aston Villa after Liverpool beat Brentford because of a stoppage-time double from Darwin Nunez.
Liverpool’s 2-0 win may hardly have been clinched any later, with Nunez — the oft-derided Uruguay striker — scoring within the first and third minutes of added-on time to make sure the leaders averted a 3rd straight draw.
Taking part in a few hours later and trying to restore the four-point hole, second-placed Arsenal took a 2-0 lead by targets by Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz however ended up drawing 2-2. Ollie Watkins grabbed the equalizer for Villa to harm the title probabilities of the staff he grew up supporting.
On what may show to be a major day within the title race, Liverpool moved right into a six-point lead and nonetheless has a recreation in hand on Arsenal.
Nunez has final chuckle
Nunez was taunted by Brentford’s followers after happening instead within the sixty fifth minute, and wasted a giant probability earlier than turning residence a cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold to provide Liverpool the lead.
Nunez then completed off a counterattack two minutes later to safe a primary victory in three league video games for Liverpool, which drew with Manchester United and Nottingham Forest both aspect of a loss to Tottenham within the first leg of the English League Cup semifinals.
Liverpool has nonetheless misplaced just one league recreation all season, at residence to Forest in September. The Reds had 37 photographs towards Brentford and scored with their closing two.
“We have been near not getting what we deserved,” Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot stated.
Nunez, who is usually criticized for wasteful ending, doubled his tally of league targets for the season.
“Darwin did rather well, not solely with the targets however together with his perspective and the way in which he fights for each ball,” Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker stated.
“You’ll be able to say he doesn’t rating an excessive amount of this season, however he’s working onerous on daily basis.”
Arsenal collapses with out injured Saliba
Arsenal has already dropped 12 factors from successful positions this season and couldn’t maintain on towards Villa with out injured defensive lynchpin William Saliba.
It was the primary time since 2019 that Arsenal didn’t win at residence within the Premier League when being two targets clear, with Youri Tielemans after which Watkins changing crosses that may in any other case have been cleared by Saliba.
Arsenal seemed like snatching a win when Mikel Merino’s shot deflected into the web off Havertz within the 87th minute however the purpose was disallowed after a video evaluation noticed the ball struck the arm of Havertz.
Liverpool’s energy in depth in assault would possibly show the distinction in its title tussle with Arsenal.
Nunez is Liverpool’s fifth-choice ahead however got here up with two essential targets. With out the injured Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus, Arsenal had no goal-scorer to name upon from the bench and couldn’t discover a winner regardless of late strain.
Kluivert’s second hat trick
Justin Kluivert scored his second hat trick of the season within the league to encourage Bournemouth to 4-1 at Newcastle, whose nine-match successful run in all competitions got here to an finish emphatically.
The Dutch midfielder netted within the sixth, forty fourth and second-half stoppage time at St. James’ Park. Milos Kerkez added the fourth purpose within the sixth minute of added-on time.
Bruno Guimaraes equalized for fourth-placed Newcastle.
Kluivert, whose father is former Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert, additionally scored three targets towards Wolverhampton in November. In that match, all of Kluivert’s targets have been penalties, however he scored from open play every time towards Newcastle.
Six of Newcastle’s 9 straight victories got here within the league, serving to to carry the Saudi-controlled staff into the highest 4 in its bid to return to the Champions League.
Newcastle striker Alexander Isak failed to attain, having beforehand netted in eight league video games in a row. That left him three video games wanting Leicester striker Jamie Vardy’s document for the longest scoring run in Premier League historical past.
Van Nistelrooy beneath strain
Subsequent-to-last Leicester misplaced a seventh straight recreation within the league, 2-0 to Fulham, to pile the strain on not too long ago employed supervisor Ruud van Nistelrooy.
The previous Manchester United and Actual Madrid striker, who’s in solely his second senior teaching position, has received simply one in every of his 9 league video games in cost — the primary towards West Ham on Dec. 3.
“We weren’t adequate in all facets,” Van Nistelrooy stated. “That is the primary recreation I’ve felt like this.”
Emile Smith Rowe and Adama Traore scored for Fulham.
Crystal Palace received at West Ham 2-0 thanks to 2 second-half targets by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
TORONTO — Early Friday, the Blue Jays swung a take care of the Guardians so as to add one other $2 million in worldwide bonus pool house, setting the stage for what felt like the ultimate push for Japanese star Roki Sasaki. Then got here the heartbreak.
Within the deal, the Blue Jays took on outfielder Myles Straw, who regardless of spending most of final yr in Triple-A is owed $13.8 million over the following two seasons with a buyout of $1.75 million ready in 2027. The Blue Jays can even ship the Guardians a participant to be named or money.
It felt like an aggressive transfer from the Blue Jays when it was introduced at 11:30 a.m. ET, however why not be aggressive with such a prize sitting in entrance of you? Toronto entered the 2025 worldwide signing interval with a pool of $6,261,600, over a million {dollars} greater than the Dodgers at $5,146,200. By including to that pool, the Blue Jays had been positioning themselves as greatest they may, however ultimately, it wasn’t all concerning the cash. Sasaki introduced Friday night that he was signing with the Dodgers, leaving the Blue Jays standing on the doorstep holding one other silver medal.
Blue Jays get: Worldwide bonus pool cash, OF Myles Straw, money Guardians get: Money issues or a participant to be named later
Now, the Blue Jays are left to have a look at this new actuality. There’s no Roki Sasaki, no press convention, no celebration, however the commerce nonetheless stands. The Guardians are sending $3.75 million to the Blue Jays within the deal, too, paid out in installments of $1 million this yr, $1 million subsequent yr and $1.75 million on the finish of subsequent yr, a supply informed MLB.com. Which means that they’re taking over simply over $10 million of Straw’s wage the following two years, earlier than his 2027 membership choice and buyout.
Straw is, at first, a gifted defender. Whereas his 2023 information paints him as merely an above-average defender, he was top-of-the-line outfielders in baseball in ‘22, good for a +15 fielding runs worth. The one outfielder rated greater that season? Daulton Varsho.
That’s becoming, as Straw’s likeliest position with the Blue Jays now could be filling in for Varsho to open the marketing campaign. Varsho underwent shoulder surgical procedure late within the 2024 season, and if he’s not prepared for Opening Day, it’s lengthy made sense for the Blue Jays so as to add a veteran, glove-first participant who can deal with the place alongside the youthful Joey Loperfido or Jonatan Clase.
There’s a purpose Straw was in Triple-A final season, although, after he hit simply .238 with a .597 OPS within the massive leagues the yr prior. Final season, the playoff-bound Guardians gave him simply 4 at-bats.
This clearly has not performed out how anybody deliberate, however the Blue Jays are being pressured to pivot as soon as once more. They’ll now be capable to use that out there worldwide signing bonus pool cash to signal all the younger gamers they’d deliberate on, plus whichever others turn out to be out there. Regulate any worldwide prospects the Dodgers are actually unable to signal, and the Blue Jays may subsequently carry a few of this bonus pool by way of the yr to make use of later.
That might profit the group down the road, however within the meantime, they’re left to work round a commerce they made with a much bigger imaginative and prescient in thoughts that by no means got here to be actuality.
US President-elect Donald Trump has launched his personal cryptocurrency, which shortly soared in market capitalisation to a number of billion {dollars}.
His launch of the meme coin, $Trump, comes as he prepares to take workplace on Monday as forty seventh president of the US.
The enterprise was co-ordinated by CIC Digital LLC – an affiliate of the Trump Group – which has beforehand offered Trump-branded sneakers and fragrances.
Meme cash are used to construct reputation for a viral web pattern or motion, however they lack intrinsic worth and are extraordinarily risky investments.
By Saturday afternoon, hours after its launch, the market capitalisation for $Trump reached practically $5.5bn (£4.5bn), based on CoinMarketCap.com.
CIC Digital LLC and Struggle Struggle Struggle LLC, an organization shaped in Delaware earlier this month, personal 80% of the tokens. It’s unclear how a lot cash Trump would possibly make from the enterprise.
“My NEW Official Trump Meme is HERE! It is time to have a good time the whole lot we stand for: WINNING!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Fact Social as he introduced the meme coin on Friday evening.
Some 200m of the digital tokens have been issued and one other 800m can be launched within the subsequent three years, the coin’s web site stated.
“This Trump Meme celebrates a frontrunner who does not again down, regardless of the percentages,” the web site stated.
It included a disclaimer noting the coin is “not supposed to be, or the topic of” an funding alternative or a safety and was “not political and has nothing to do with” any political marketing campaign, political workplace or authorities company.
Critics accused Trump of cashing in on the presidency.
“Trump proudly owning 80 % and timing launch hours earlier than inauguration is predatory and plenty of will doubtless get harm by it,” Nick Tomaino, a crypto enterprise capitalist, stated in a social media submit.
Such digital tokens are infamous for speculators utilizing hype to pump up the worth earlier than promoting on the high of the market, leaving latecomers to rely their losses as the worth crashes.
Cryptocurrency traders are hoping the Trump administration will increase the business.
President Joe Biden’s regulators cited issues about fraud and cash laundering as they cracked down on crypto firms by suing exchanges.
Trump was beforehand skittish about cryptocurrency, however at a Bitcoin convention in Nashville final yr he stated America can be “the crypto capital of the planet” as soon as he returned to Washington.
His sons Erik and Donald Jr introduced their very own crypto enterprise final yr.
TORONTO — This time it was Roki Sasaki’s flip to interrupt the Blue Jays’ hearts.
The Blue Jays, together with the Padres, had rounded out the ultimate three within the race for Sasaki, which included a reported go to to Toronto final week, however the group finds itself left standing on the doorstep as soon as once more. This comes simply hours after the Blue Jays swung a take care of the Guardians so as to add $2 million in worldwide bonus pool cash, taking up the contract of Myles Straw within the course of.
This simply retains taking place. The Blue Jays had been all in on Ohtani a 12 months in the past, pushing the Dodgers all the way down to the wire in some of the dramatic pursuits we’ve seen in years. This winter it was Juan Soto, as soon as once more taking the Blue Jays a whole lot of tens of millions of {dollars} past the place they’d ever gone. They took a run at Corbin Burnes, too.
These outcomes are troublesome to grapple with, notably for a fan base that’s starved for its first postseason win since 2016.
It’s encouraging that the Blue Jays are recurrently in these conversations, keen to spend the cash and showing to be making engaging pitches to among the greatest names within the sport. It beats the choice, on the very least, however there must be a payoff finally. Followers care about outcomes, not course of. Followers cheer when the blooper falls into shallow heart discipline, not when the road drive with the next hit chance turns right into a lineout.
Finally, the Blue Jays will discover somebody to take their cash, however Sasaki was a dream state of affairs. Since Sasaki is signing earlier than he turns 25 and has fewer than six seasons performed in a international skilled league, he’s signed underneath worldwide bonus pool restrictions, not a wide-open market just like the one which landed Yoshinobu Yamamoto a 12-year, $325 million deal a 12 months in the past. Alternatives to accumulate a participant with Sasaki’s upside at this age and value aren’t simply uncommon, they’re almost nonexistent.
The Blue Jays have proven an eagerness to land one other star from Japan or Korea, increasing their presence within the Asian market. Rogers possession allowed the entrance workplace to pursue Ohtani so aggressively due to the enterprise case, not simply the participant. The Blue Jays received a style of that by means of Hyun Jin Ryu’s years in Toronto and the media consideration that got here together with him, however Ohtani — and doubtlessly Sasaki — are on one other stage completely.
Now the Blue Jays are left asking the identical previous query: What’s subsequent?
This lineup nonetheless wants a bat or two, the rotation wants some depth and the bullpen wants one other arm, even after the addition of Jeff Hoffman. There are nonetheless loads of choices on the free-agent market, together with Anthony Santander and Pete Alonso, and that market is predicted to select up once more very quickly.
The Sasaki pursuit shined a light-weight on this group’s strengths and weaknesses. One factor Toronto does properly is purchase established pitching, develop them additional and maintain them wholesome. Have a look at Robbie Ray, Kevin Gausman, Jose Berríos, Chris Bassitt, Yusei Kikuchi and others. The event of pitching prospects, although, has room for enchancment, and the farm system has not finished sufficient to switch among the expertise that the Blue Jays have misplaced … or are about to lose within the coming years. A participant like Sasaki is trying not simply at 2025 however properly past. What gamers see is a 74-88 staff with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette doubtlessly 162 video games away from free company. It’s not fairly at a look.
The Blue Jays will now watch from a distance once more because the one who received away heads to L.A. … once more. That they had a shot. They’ve hit these photographs earlier than with stars Gausman and George Springer, however as these close to misses proceed to pile up, these days really feel additional away.
President-elect Donald Trump launched his personal cryptocurrency on Friday, sparking a feverish shopping for that apparently despatched its market capitalization hovering to a number of billion {dollars}.
In a message posted on his Fact Social platform and X, Trump unveiled the so-called meme coin, which is designed to capitalize on the recognition of a sure persona, motion or viral web development.
“My NEW Official Trump Meme is HERE! It is time to have a good time all the things we stand for: WINNING!” he wrote.
Meme cash don’t have any financial or transactional worth and are sometimes seen as a method of speculative buying and selling.
“This Trump Meme celebrates a pacesetter who does not again down, regardless of the percentages,” the coin’s official web site says.
Within the hours following the in a single day launch, the crypto neighborhood posed questions concerning the legitimacy of the $TRUMP coin, and its precise hyperlink to the president-elect, with some fearing a rip-off.
However the truth that the bulletins got here on Trump’s official social media channels appeared to reassure the market, as did the truth that Trump has used one of many firms behind the challenge, CIC Digital LLC, up to now to promote non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
By mid-morning on Saturday, the market capitalization for $TRUMP stood at almost $6 billion, in response to CoinMarketCap.com.
Neither Trump nor the corporate managing the launch, Combat Combat Combat LLC, supplied particulars about how a lot he produced from the preliminary batch of meme cash launched.
The coin’s official web site stated 200 million meme cash had been issued, with Combat Combat Combat saying a further 800 million could be added over the following three years.
FILE – Donald Trump speaks on the Bitcoin 2024 Convention July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
Mark Humphrey / AP
Previously a cryptocurrency skeptic, the president-elect is now a convert and has develop into a champion of the idea.
Earlier than this new announcement, Trump and his sons Donald Jr. and Eric began their very own crypto enterprise – World Liberty Monetary – and different members of the incoming administration have beforehand disclosed investments in and backing for cryptocurrencies.
Final summer season, Trump spoke at a Bitcoin convention in Nashville, the place he pledged to make America “the crypto capital of the planet” as soon as again within the White Home.
The meme coin is Trump’s newest merchandise push, which just lately included a line of perfumes, colognes, watches and “President Donald J. Trump First Version” silver cash promoting for $100 every celebrating his election win. He famously used a photograph of him sitting subsequent to first woman Dr. Jill Biden on the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral to advertise the cologne line.
Le 16 décembre, la démission de Chrystia Freeland a causé tout un effet de bombe à Ottawa. Plus d’un mois plus tard, elle défend sa décision à peine quelques heures après avoir annoncé officiellement sa candidature pour la course à la chefferie du Parti libéral du Canada (PLC).
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«Je ne regrette rien», a-t-elle déclaré d’emblée lors de sa première entrevue unique au Québec depuis l’annonce de sa candidature à la route du PLC, à LCN, vendredi.
Justin Trudeau s’apprêtait à lui retirer ses responsabilités de ministre des Funds, ce qui était la goutte qui a fait déborder le vase avant sa démission.
Photograph AFP
Toutefois, l’un des facteurs principaux derrière cette décision était dû aux désaccords avec le premier ministre, Justin Trudeau, surtout concernant les dépenses. Selon elle, cela a déjà apporté des bienfaits.
«Une des conséquences de ma démission, c’est qu’on a économisé plus de 6 milliards de {dollars}», a-t-elle indiqué, en faisant référence aux fameux chèques de 250 {dollars} qui ont finalement été annulés par le gouvernement.
Si elle considère que c’était «la bonne selected à faire» pour la inhabitants canadienne, elle admet que sur le plan personnel, sa décision a été plutôt difficile.
«Je sais que j’ai fait une selected difficile, mais nécessaire, a-t-elle souligné. C’était la bonne selected à faire.»
Des dépenses «électoralistes» dénoncées
Cette dernière estime qu’Ottawa ne peut pas s’offrir des dépenses comme les chèques de 250$ à l’heure actuelle en raison des provocations de Donald Trump, qui accédera à la Maison-Blanche lundi.
«Je comprends la menace que Trump pose au Canada, au Québec, a-t-elle expliqué. J’ai compris à ce moment-là qu’on ne peut pas se permettre des dépenses électoralistes. […] C’est un second très critique.»
La candidate à la route du PLC considère que toutes les décisions du gouvernement en matière de funds doivent être ciblées sur cette menace, du moins pendant que le président élu proceed ses menaces de tarifs douaniers.
Le bilan financier de Freeland, un impediment pour sa course à la chefferie?
La dette du pays a augmenté de 680 à 1200 milliards de {dollars} depuis les neuf dernières années, ce qui constitue un bilan difficile à défendre pour Chrystia Freeland. Cette dernière reste toutefois confiante sur sa capacité à succéder à Justin Trudeau.
Seize d’écran LCN
«Je pense que mon expérience aujourd’hui est une […] selected nécessaire pour le Canada dans un second critique», a-t-elle mentionné.
Elle réitère que malgré son passé politique aux côtés de M. Trudeau, elle reste une personne à half entière. Elle considère même qu’elle n’a aucune half de responsabilité dans la posture dans laquelle le Canada se retrouve depuis sa démission en décembre dernier.
L’ancienne vice-première ministre estime également qu’elle est la mieux placée pour lutter pour le pays contre Donald Trump. «Mon expérience est une excellente selected, parce que j’ai déjà fait cela et j’ai réussi», a-t-elle dit.
Remark se défendre face à Trump?
La candidate a évoqué un plan en trois mesures pour se défendre contre le futur président des États-Unis.
Photograph d’archives, AFP
«Premièrement, on doit commencer avec une place forte. Je connais le président Trump, il ne respecte pas la faiblesse, il respecte seulement le pouvoir», a-t-elle indiqué.
Si Mme Freeland n’a pas voulu affirmer si Justin Trudeau a été faible à cet égard, elle a néanmoins admis que les dépenses électoralistes «n’étaient pas une partie d’un plan d’une défense forte.»
Deuxièmement, la candidate explique que le pays doit prouver qu’un conflit n’est pas nécessaire. Il faut «démontrer qu’un résultat gagnant-gagnant est bien potential», a-t-elle illustré.
Troisièmement, le Canada doit commencer le travail avec ses alliés, selon elle. «Nous ne sommes pas le seul pays qui est menacé par les États-Unis et les États-Unis ne sont pas le seul pays fort dans le monde», a-t-elle déclaré.
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(Ottawa) « Je suis ma propre personne, avec mon plan, et des idées très claires concernant ce qu’on doit faire », a affirmé vendredi l’ex-ministre des Funds et ex-vice-première ministre Chrystia Freeland, sur les ondes de TVA. Celle qui a confirmé vendredi qu’elle briguerait la course du Parti libéral du Canada (PLC) lancera officiellement sa campagne dimanche.
« Je suis prête à défendre le Canada, et je sais remark le faire », a affirmé Chrystia Freeland, dans sa première entrevue depuis sa démission qui a donné le coup de grâce au premier ministre Justin Trudeau.
L’ancienne grande argentière s’est présentée comme la personne la mieux préparée pour faire face à la guerre tarifaire que menace de lancer Donald Trump.
« Premièrement, on doit commencer avec une place forte », a-t-elle déclaré à TVA, avant de souligner l’significance d’éviter un conflit avec les États-Unis. « Il y a une choice gagnant-gagnant, c’est ce qu’on a en ce second », a-t-elle ajouté.
Chrystia Freeland a également affirmé que le Canada devait travailler avec ses alliés, en soulignant que « les États-Unis ne sont pas le seul pays fort dans le monde ».
La candidate à la course du PLC s’est distanciée de Justin Trudeau et de son bilan économique, dénonçant notamment les « dépenses électoralistes » du premier ministre démissionnaire. Elle a toutefois rappelé que c’est elle qui avait renégocié l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain – devenu l’Accord Canada–États-Unis–Mexique – avec la première administration Trump en 2017 et 2018.
« En ce qui concerne cette query, mon expérience est une excellente selected, parce que j’ai déjà fait cela et j’ai réussi », a-t-elle affirmé.
Mme Freeland s’est faite avare de commentaires à l’égard de Mark Carney, son principal adversaire dans la course à la course et le parrain de son fils, le qualifiant simplement de « fonctionnaire wonderful ».
Questionnée sur son projet de mettre fin à la tarification du carbone, l’ancienne ministre a assuré qu’elle « n’abandonne pas le plan pour l’motion climatique ». Or, elle a fait remarquer que la plupart des provinces canadiennes sont contre cette mesure instaurée par le gouvernement libéral et très critiquée par le chef du Parti conservateur, Pierre Poilievre.
PHOTO ADRIAN WYLD, ARCHIVES LA PRESSE CANADIENNE
Pierre Poilievre, chef du Parti conservateur du Canada
« Si on est vraiment un politicien démocratique, on ne peut pas dire aux gens : “Vous avez tort.” On doit être à l’écoute », a-t-elle expliqué.
Défendre le Canada
Plus tôt vendredi, la candidate à la course a annoncé qu’elle lancerait sa campagne le 19 janvier, la veille de l’investiture de Donald Trump. Dans une lettre publiée dans Le Devoir et le Toronto Star, elle a mis en garde les États-Unis contre l’imposition de tarifs.
« Si vous nous frappez, nous allons frapper en retour. Nous ne ferons pas escalader la state of affairs, mais nous ne céderons pas », a-t-elle écrit.
Elle suggest de « frapper là où ça fait mal » en répondant « greenback pour greenback, de manière précise et minutieusement ciblée ».
« Que les producteurs d’oranges de Floride, les fabricants de lave-vaisselle du Michigan et les producteurs laitiers du Wisconsin se tiennent prêts », avertit-elle. « Si nous y sommes contraints, notre riposte sera le coup le plus dur que l’économie américaine aura jamais subi sur le plan du commerce. »
Elle rappelle que le Canada est le marché d’exportation le plus essential pour les États-Unis et qu’il dépasse celui de « la Chine, [du] Japon, [du] Royaume-Uni et [de] la France réunis ».
Cette riposte pourrait « générer jusqu’à 150 milliards de {dollars} sur un an », l’équivalent de « 161 % des recettes » perçues en 2022-2023 avec l’impôt sur le revenu des sociétés, avance-t-elle.
Cet argent pourrait servir à aider les Canadiens qui subiraient les conséquences d’une guerre tarifaire.
La moitié seulement de ces recettes pourrait apporter une aide de près de 2700 $ à chaque Canadien gagnant moins de 150 000 $ par an.
Chrystia Freeland, candidate à la course du PLC
« Lorsqu’il s’agissait de se battre pour notre grand pays, les générations précédentes de Canadiennes et de Canadiens n’ont jamais reculé », fait-elle valoir, rappelant que les Canadiens se sont battus lors des deux guerres mondiales, dans bien des cas au prix de leur vie.
« Pour ces générations, notre souveraineté n’était pas une plaisanterie. Ce fut le choix qui a défini leur vie entière », rappelle-t-elle.
Au lendemain de sa démission, M. Trump avait exprimé sur son réseau Reality Social tout son dédain pour Mme Freeland, qui avait à l’époque révélé ses skills de négociatrice.
« Son comportement était totalement toxique et pas du tout propice à la conclusion d’accords bénéfiques pour les citoyens canadiens très mécontents. Elle ne nous manquera pas !!! », avait-il écrit.
Chrystia Freeland devient ainsi la deuxième candidate à se lancer dans la course à la course du PLC après l’ex-gouverneur de la Banque du Canada et de la Banque d’Angleterre Mark Carney1. Les deux ont des liens familiaux puisqu’il est le parrain de son fils.
Mme Freeland avait claqué la porte du Cupboard en décembre, le jour où elle devait présenter sa mise à jour économique, après avoir appris que le premier ministre Trudeau voulait la remplacer par M. Carney. Sa démission a plongé le gouvernement dans une crise alors qu’une guerre tarifaire avec les États-Unis level à l’horizon.
Wilkinson renonce
Le ministre de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles, Jonathan Wilkinson, a annoncé vendredi matin qu’il ne serait pas sur les blocs de départ pour la course à la course du PLC. Il n’a pas indiqué s’il allait soutenir un candidat.
PHOTO SEAN KILPATRICK, ARCHIVES LA PRESSE CANADIENNE
Jonathan Wilkinson, ministre de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
« Me retirer de mon poste ministériel à ce second critique ne servirait pas, à mon avis, au mieux les Canadiens et le pays que j’aime tant », a-t-il écrit sur X.
Il compte toutefois se présenter lors des prochaines élections fédérales dans la circonscription de North Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique, où il a été élu pour la première fois en 2015.
Une troisième candidate annoncera sa candidature au cours de la fin de semaine. Il s’agit de Karina Gould, actuellement chief du gouvernement à la Chambre des communes et députée de Burlington, en Ontario. À 37 ans, elle sera la plus jeune candidate. Elle compte se présenter comme la personne qui peut reconstruire la formation politique.
Trois autres candidats moins connus – le député mi’kmaq de la Nouvelle-Écosse Jaime Battiste, le député ontarien Chandra Arya et l’ancien député libéral de la région de Montréal Frank Baylis – ont indiqué avoir l’intention de se lancer dans la course.
1. Lisez l’article « Succession de Justin Trudeau : Mark Carney se lance dans la course à la course du PLC »
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